St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 April 1896 — Page 3

AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FARM AND HOME. Sixty Acres Carefully Managed Will Produce Enough for One Family— How to Make Straight Furrows—Our Climate Not Good for Oats. Eiving on a Small Farm. The raising of choice fruit ami vegetables and the producing of first quality milk and cream to be sold at retail, is a growing business, and can be made a most profitable one. A farm of forty to sixty acres can be worked to advantage by the farmer and one man, with occasional help kt the summer season. Upon such a place, ten cows can be kept, two or three female calves raised every season, two brood sows with their pigs, a pair of heavy horses and a large flock of chickens. The monthly sales would run from $75 to SIOO. with g*x>d management, yielding a profit of $25 per month at the lowest. The farm should be located within five miles of a good market, and if possible upon a stone road. The farm should be so manager as to grow first the family and Stock crops, Amateurs make the mistake of trying to farm too much land and to raise large market crops, thinking they can buy hay ami corn cheaper than they can raise it—this is not the case—and the man that follows ! It will come to grief. The editor has i farmed ami is farming now, and would most earnestly advise farmers to raise all their home supplies. The strongest and best marked female calves should annually be raised, ami a litter of pigs. Let the raising of colts be given over to those that have many acres and cheap land. Commence in a small way, and feel your way. Remember you can spend your money quicker than you can make it. Especially is this so. if you do not understand the business. It is much the wiser plan for one that is unskilled in the business to hire out for a season or two to a first-class truck farmer, fruit grower, dairyman or general farmer, and learn the business in a practical manner. A year or two so spent would be of very great value to him. Our agricultural college is now controlled by practical experts in their various departments, and under their guidance an a live young man would soon be well grounded in the rudiments of agriculture. A sixty-acre farm should be laid out as follows: Fifteen acres in timothy and clover, fifteen acres in corn, ten acres pasture for stock, two acres oats and peas, to be followed with corn fodderforlate fall feeding; three acres corn fodder for summer feeding, to be followed by rye for next spring’s feeding; ten acres garden and fruit crops; five acres, dwelling, roads, lawn, etc. The pasture should be lined witli i forty bushels of lime to the acre, and divided into two fields. If the soil is a. clay loam, the lime will bring in red . and white clover and the natural grass- ' es. The corn land, if sod. should like- i wise be limed, using 2<m) pounds of i bone-phosphate in the hill to the acre to start tile crop. The manure from the ; stock should be spread over the grass : and used upon the garden.—Baltimore ! American. Slaking Straight Furrows and Rows. It requires not only a good eye in the : teamster, but a strong, active team to | do good work in marking out furrows l and making straight rows across a field. If the team is not strong enough for the work, it will dodge from one side to another in order to relieve the excessive strain on its shoulders. This will make absolutely straight rows impossible. no matter how correct the eye of the plowman may be. The first furrow across the field is harder on the team than any later one. especially if the field be in the sod. After it is cut each after furrow requires less lifting to tut n it over, as on the plow side there Is an open furrow instead of an unbroken sod. so that only one slice of the soil has to be cut. But the first furrow for this reason should be shallower than those that follow it. This will make less of a ridge whore it lies. The Feet of XX estern Horses. In the prairie States, where horses are driven mainly on soft dirt roads, their feet are not so tough and able to resist hard shocks on city roads as are those of horses grown where uniformly good roads prevail. The main roads of , Kentucky are generally good. They , were made solid originally, and, the 1 soil being naturally dry. the road does ( not become miry even in spring time. . It is quite possible also that the limestone which underlies the whole Blue Grass legion has something to do with making sound hoofs and sound limbs as well. There is great difference in individual horses in this respect, but there Is enough likeness in all the horses from a district to make it certain that feeding and locality have something to do In producing this result. Oats Kunning Ont. The climate of this country is not favorable to growing oats. Our Northern summers are too hot and dry. If such weather occurs as the oats are filling the grain will be light. The same result will be found if the scauon is wet and warm. Then the oat straw will rust, and not being able to nourish the grain that will be defective. Between these two dangers there is rarely a year when ordinary oats will hold out standard weight. In the cool, moist climate of northern Europe and the British Isles, oats grow much heavier than here. It is a good plan every few years to buy imported oat^ for seed. The heavy grain will insure a stronger early groxvth and this will for a year or two hasten the ripening so that it will occur before the hottest weather is fully developed. Early sowing and the use of phosphite fertilizers will also greatly help in making the oats ripen earlier and fJI better. ,

We have found that in most years a( dressing of 150 pounds of phos 'bate' paid better on the oat crop than on: wheat, provided the oats were gwn early. It is no use to put phosphal' on late-sown spring grain of any jud. It requires a good deal of moistuß? to dissolve it, and if sown after swing rains have passed it may not dofany good. : Baldwin vs. Grecninsr. The red color and the admirable hipping qualities enable the Baldwir apple to sell for 25 to 50 cents per barrel more than Greenings in most markets, says the Agriculturist. The Bakpvin does not show bruises as readily asj the other apple, and is less affected by jscab or blotches. As an eating apple, (t is • greatly preferred; but for cooking,, the j Greening has points of superiority. The latter may yield more fruit than the ] Baldwin, taking one year with (another, and is more likely to yield ahnu- < ally. The Baldwin has an upright i growth that makes it easy to culthlate, 1 whereas the Greening lias a low. sprbad- 1 ing habit that does not facilitate : the ‘ cultivation which is now advised in ( the commercial apple industry. Each ] variety has its advantages, both are, ] therefore, worthy of being raised on , any farm whore they thrive, but the liahlwin is, above all, the commercial i apple. Its proper culture in New York 1 will pay better than oranges in Florida ’ or California. | Grass Around Tree Trunks. Nothing is more unsightly than to see j ] a plowed orchard with a clump of grass । । growing up around the bodies es the : ; trees. It is worse than unsightly, for , it is a serious detriment. It ij true . that few or none of the feeding tree । roots may be under the grass ground the tree, but its growing makes a liar- ' , bor for mice in winter and for tl^e borer । in early summer. It takes but a few | minutes’ work early in spring ti spade the soil for two feet or more on each side of the tree, turning the gra^i under so that it will rot. When this Is done examine the tree trunk closely where the grass has shaded it. and ten chances to one you will find a borer tt work in It. He should be killed at once, and the trunk be washed with a dilution of carbolic acid with soap suds, which will prevent father trouble from the same enemy. River Bottom Land. There are some disadvantages in farming on land annually overflowed. , One is that the sediment brought down is sometimes too deep, and completely destroys the grass in the hollows where most of h is deposited. A worse trouble occurs when the grasses run out on such land, ami it has to be reseeded. Ir is very unsafe to plow It. as before the sod can be renewed the land may bo flooded ami gullied so that much of the , most valuable soil will be lest. For I this reason river bottom land is kept | in grass as much ns possible. It will । produce a crop for years without loss of fertility, as the soil each year gr< wh richer by the sediment deposited tipon it. Manurine for Root*. Roots require a large amrmnT of available nitrogen, but it is never advis able to plow under largo quantities of stable manure where they : re to be , grown. This makes the soil too dry for the best growth, and it also furnish es most of the nitrogen in the het; st weather when the roots need it least. Turnips grow hollow and pi‘hy when i immured with stable manure. It is also likely to breed worms, which will at- j tack the roots and make them worth- ' less for marketing. Soluble commcr iai manures that will stimulate early growth will pay. Later In the season the soil, if fairly rich, will develop] enough fertility without manure. Hens anti Their X nine. A great many farmers make c sad mistake in their estimate of the value j of the hens on the place by not keeping j an accurate account of expenses and । receipts and in the receipts you must : not forget to count the good ‘ried eggs : that go down so nk'ely these cold mornings with the slices of hafn for breakfast, says Farm News. I? the hen got half the credit she deserves, v.e would not hear so much talk about her unprofitableness. Try it once and see. Siu: flower Seed for Fowls. There is not much of a boom at j resent for growing sunflowers, but the time will come when they w ill be largely grown here, as they are in Russia, to press into oil. Even now a few should be planted every year to grow for poultry during winter. They are excellent for moulting fowls, because of the oil they contain, but when fowls are not moulting the sunflower seed should be fed sparingly, so as not. to fatten them. They are better feed for laying fowls than is corn. Mating Strawberry Plante. When planting strawberries in the spring it is important, if the pestilate varieties are used, that the staminate varieties, which will be needed to fertilize them, should blossom at the same time. There is a difference of two or three weeks in the time when strawberry plants blossom, and if an early pestilate and late hermaphrodite variety are planted side by side it may result in a groat many of the stamens aborting and producing no fruit. Keep the Stock Comfortable. Aside from any pecuniary gain or loss, it is a great comfort of a winter’s night as I lie between the warm blankets and listen to the storm without, to kuoxv that the horses, my companions in labor, are as comfortable as a clean, warm stable, good food and plen- ; ty of bedding can make them.—George ' T. I'etit. Certified Milk* Certified milk from certified cows will soon be demanded by all consumers. Those who place themselves In a position to furnish such an article can choose their customers and secure the too ©rice for their milk.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson -Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflec-tion-Half an Hour’s Study of ‘he Scriptures —Time Well Spent. Lesson for April 12. Golden Text.—Come; for all things are now ready.—Luke 14: 17. Subject—The Parable of the Great Supper, Luke 14: 15-24. Supper is ready! In the kingdom or grace it is supper time now! There is another supper time, the wedding feast of glory, “the marriage supper of the Lam , when the heavenly bridegroom comes for his bride in the good days yet to be. But just now there is a feast spread. Jesus calls us to the banquet of grace. < ome at once. Procrastination is robbing many of us of this feast and is making us go hungry through thin world. Perhaps we ought rather to call it indecision. I' l p*o memorable call of Elisha when Elijah threw his mantle over him between the plow handles, Elisha said at first, "Let mo, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. Out speaks Elijah, God’s man, “Go again; for what have I done to t^ e ; as much as to say, If that is your spirit, to spend time in formal and useless leavetakings, if you are not ready to come with ; me just as you are, 1 am done with you. I Count it as nothing. What does Elisha? ; Instantly he turns, slays the oxen, breaks the plow ha tulles into kindling wood and makes a sacrifice of the thing in hand, , That is the way to come out for God. • Even so said our Lord (Luke 9: Gl-U2) , when some one cried, "Let me first go bid them farewell.” Said Jesus, “No inau ' having put his hand to the plow (the gospel plow) and looking back is tit for the kingdom - "a misfit. Lesson Hints. “Blessed is he that shall eat bread in tin* Kingdom of God.” It was a good thing to say, but a better thing to do. This was a kind of a shouting Christian. Our L>rd says to hbn, in effect: That s good: it is blessed to cat bread in the coming kingdom, as you esteem it; but why are not ineu rcspomling to the call to bread even now ? Your fitness for that other supper reveals itself in rcadineas to respond to the feast here spread. A great supis r many b;<bh-n. It is re- | vealed everyuio re in the Word, G 'J ' call to present bie" Cg. S > -peak- Isatah ,»•>. “Ho every ope that thirstetb " And in prophetic uplifts it is seen to be open to ail "every one" is called, not Israel alone. (See the change from l»a. 54 to Isa. 55, Israel being 1 made ready to iwcome the chosen servant or trunq»e'er of a great feast.) Lift the cry. There s« a great feast prepared in the church of Jesus Christ for all the world. Let ctery lip take it up: "Come thou with us and we will do thee good, for the Ix»rd bath : spoken good I’om erning Israel." Num ! 1<»: 29. flic master Os ac fens: as the e rjpt re any s, "hade many.” It is noteworthy that the Gn-ck wor«l for hade here is that from wh : eh the term eeclesla Is ilerivcd, uu an ins the church. The church i* made -f tlie < ailed and chosen, chosen lo'eauso responsive t.» she mil. They are those , who being called sit down at the table pre paresl. How .are n<• ' ■ know the calhal of the 1 >nl today, me ns we them s ‘ ting al the table? How imbed may any one, including celestial ,sp> :s. kn »n. save j ns the call of not y is a-eepted? In like mntim r it Is interesting to note that the word fur sent, in the dispatching > of she s« rvants of the fe.ist, js the same , the Eng! -i ap .sth s. G,e .-.p ~ ..«< . the men whom Christ first apjsuntcd to' go forth and herald the g »d ne«s of the King-Gm, tolling ..f the , .. -d fens-. We are not to push the illnstrn a. h-n ‘ ever, ei;her in the matter of its < jr-n logy or its etymology, for the seventy do imt , in all respects r pre*, nt the sc omi «.«m ' pany of servan; f \ a;s d t he p.. >.:s are! thi-r.lselves to be considered as np sth s I in this sense, yet me may seo a growth in •ne persuasions to ti '' S.pp<;. 1’ of nl’ a call to the b. hi, n gues's, the Israel , of hist >ry. Then a summ cis that world ! w ide, ns wide as the m-d. Finally a new .ompui- >n shall be w :h the entering iif a new th-pensa:c>n? Or shnH it be w ith a new des, ei>: of the Spirit’s ]nwer? At any ra’e it shall be to this glorious effect that the feast will be “tilled.” The "e\ us< s” that are offered here are not really excus. s in the sense of declinations. They are rather preferences or p istp moments. The called do not actually despise nor do they definitely disapprove the feast. They simply prefer something else, for the time, nt least. The word is, most literally, he gofl (para aitiol. Yi ' this is, in effect, the s tnie as rejection, nud the solemn word rings in our cars, "How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation.” (Hob. 2: 3.) It comes right after the grave warning of the npostles, "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any’ time we should lot them slip. (Margixi run out as leak i".g vess..’s i" With the temptations of commercial and social life hero intimated, ns belonging to the present evil world, how great the danger of letting slip, simply failing, because of lesser things, to do the great things. Bring souls to decision at once. Next Lesson—“ The I.ost Found."— Luke 15: 11-24. “Comfort One Another.” Comfort one another For the way is often dreary. And the feet are often weary, And tho heart is very sad. There is heavy burden-bearing. When it seems that none are caring, Ami wo half forget that ever we weve glad. Comfort one another. With the hand-clasp tender, With tho sweetness love can render, And the look of friendly eyes. Do not wait with grace unspoken. While life's daily bread is broken Gentle speech is oft life manna from the skies. —Margaret E. Sangster. “Father, write articles. They will bring more fruit than sermons, for where the preacher's words cannot reach there newspapers do reach, and people read them who never go to a sermon.” This is the advice which Pope I.eo XIII., according to the Verona Fedele, recently gave to a celebrated Italian preacher, Father Zocvhi.

president may run. MR. CLEVELAND WILLING TO ACCEPT RENOMINATION. Control of the Convention by “Sound Money” Men Io an Essential Feature of Hi ß Candidacy-Carlisle Declines to Contest for the Nomfnation. Presidential Gossip. Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tknes-Herald asserts that I‘resiuent Cleveland will not decline a renomination if it be tendered to him by the Democratic national convention. Secretary Carlisle is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. I a >n, he says, able to state authoritatively what the attitude of the President is coucernlng the nomination, and also to explain she meaning of Idle candidacy of Secretary Carlisle. Secretary Olney is not and will not lie a candidate for President, and ox Secretary Whitney is not and will not be a candidate. The administration program is ns follows: 1. To secure control of tho convention nut adopt an anti-silver plat f.-rm. 2. To nominate Sevretiry Carlisle if possible. 3. 'lTint failing, to n aninate Mr. Cleveland for a fourth time. The friends of Secretary Olney, of exSecretary Whitney, and of ex-Gov. Russell, of Massachusetts, who, under favor- ’ able circumstances, might wish to work ' for the selection of their favorits. all understand that tho President has arranged Iks plans on rhe lines which 1 have just described, aotd this state of affairs necesi sarily precludes tho pressing of any other i candidate front tho wing of tho party to I which the Pres dent belongs. M ithin tho Inst few weeks (here has been n g.> >d deal of newspaper talk about Mr. ('ati'slo's ■ iudid.icy. It has b- on said । that the President would write a letter emphatnally de, Luing again to permit hia 1 name to be used in <•, nicct on with the Domination, and in this letter he would make So rotary. < '.tre-a his political heir and ask the D< mo. ra:’.,- par y to give him It* support. It has also been said that there was - me fr edun in the Cabinet between Se.-rotary of S Uc Gluey and S*‘ t reiry of she Treasury Car’sle ns to the p ddi ti .ci • , on. >■ 1 that the President had put Mr Oltiey to <<ne side in । fat »r of Mr. Carlisle. Those > •tics are I devoid of truth. 'Uhc Prosideu: will not do line a renomInat t> if s offered :o him w ::';i sttl>* antial umti m. ' Ho c ~-x pr<>p<se te enter nt > any : amide ! r' ; honor, or to tux* ana of tiio on 'rar * I’e leral patronage a h s dep sil > it tig it about. If. however. the ib >ga:< s meet at Cb .ogi i K .id tho Op U~n of » n aj--' ' o Tin thr.t be s ~tr»ng -.f candidate, and the platform ;s a declaration ;t fna.-r of • nmd mam y and the prin iples of tni.ff ret >rm to wha'i the s Dem t i e pir y - inds piodg.-d. Mr. I Clove! 10 ] W .11 not de, no the honor. In the mejutnnc f'>e Pics don' will m»t ' paid r pr, •' • m b * p -sr ci. nor will < he write any letter cither nnmumc ng lion- ’ tdt as a cambd.vo or d • linmg to allow 1.,« name t<« g> bcfo.e h<. convention.

He n : i vm,- y p. m.; m > -is >dr ti tnl I from biro. CARLISLE STEPS OUT. DediO’ • to Content tv' 1 i■s i <! <tit i a t ■X . in loot ion. A Wwii.g m .ls;.?.' h -iis S Tles; f.r the Demo r . • n unm , >n for j the I•• - dem y He fl is » । -ten , letter । to th<« chairman of the S:.’ c Central Commit K • < one tr im th-- ■ h?.:rm in ask ng L m to i'ondo s . A o.iie :nr d- ' n.r mis n-.t for- Ide .w to .m-’r. iy rem ne Mr , There - s amt hat of a gnu; t» the dec- ' Ihe 1.•" ;s । pLUn. --1 gh’f Tward ; ttpr< - a.c c- ;.n ,n ■ .■ par ■ ' Mr. । I'.trh-ie up >n : m- o- ary qm-,, >n and 1 miturtbing more than an intimation that ; he w.mid ;.o> run hi a pi.itform wht h 'ni ght be uns ; it sLu-tory to him on j fio.an < He itiiimatcs ta.at this is dm ' issue before the pc 'pie and the sm-< . <s of tho Dem-eratie party .* depond-mt upHt tlie action or f.i uro to a.-t upon j th:* ques ; n. He stiys im !< more inter I esusl in the sm- , « of the party and in . its proper ,r ti.ci on tine g’oat questions ! t; .w ngita’ing the people than he is in the • question of the man who shall be nomi- । uated. i In the ’including paragraph of his leti ter Mr. Carlisle uses langaago which will j be small comfort for Sena >r Bi i kburn. He lets the world a: iargonnd the Democratic voters of his S a:e in particular into rhe secret that when he retires from the Treasury Department be would consider it a grateful indorsement if his people should return him to th. Senate. Nowhere in the b t:. r is tiiere a d^’anct refusal to ac. ep- a n.mina: m if ofl'ered, but ae says he declines io pa: tofpaie in a contest for it. SYMPATHY FOR CUBA. House Adopts the Resolutions by a Vote of 244 to 27. Tho House of Representatives has adopted the report of the House conferees on tiie Cuban resolutions. Tho resolutions thus adopted recognize Cuban belligerency and recomniond the friendly intervention of President Cleveland looking toward Cuban autonomy. The vote stood 214 to 27. It was received with tumultuous cheers. The vote was taken in the shape of a motion to adopt the conference report, this report Showing that the House conferees had agreed to the Senate resolutions. The resolutions, being concurrent, do not need ihe approval of the President, but, of course, will be sent to hora t'hrough the usual channels, so that he will receive official notification of tho opinion of Congress on the Cuban question. The brewers of Louisville have in the past paid the cost of telephones in saloons where owners buy beer from them. The brewers have agreed to hereafter refuse to pay for telephones, the aggregate cost of which is about $15,000 r- year, and saloonkeepers have declared a boycott. Dealers will order their beer from St. Louis, Cincinnati and Milwaukee. 1 Francis B. Fava, son of the Italian ambassador and professor of civil engineer- • ing at the Columbian University, died at ■ Washington of - consumption, aged 35 years. I

RECORD OF THE WEEK INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Kokomo Hus a Tremendous Gas Ex» plosion-Widespread Ruin the Result- Joseph Mix Rapidly Sinking Because of Son's Alleged Disgrace. Terrible Explosion of Gas. the must destructive natural gas explosion that ever occurred in the Indiana gas belt took place in Kokomo at noon Fr.day, tho station of the Kokomo Natural Gas and Oil Company, consisting of four iron and brick buildings, located in the central part of the city, being demolished and many houses in the immediate neighborhoiHl being shattered and almost wrockisl. Fire burst forth from the ruins just after the explosion ami the plant and machinery were entirely consumed. So violent w as the shock of the explosion that windows three squares away were broken to flinders and men and horses going along the street were knocked down and

seriously injured. dosoplt Lindley, supirintemfCnt of the plant, was in the office when the exploshui ms-urred and was hurled through one of the windows and fell forty feet away. Two horses in ihe works were raised high in the air and were crushed to death in the fall and their bodies burned. No lives were lost, though several employes were slightly hurt. The ci mpany furnished find gas for domestic consumption, and hundreds of families were thus cut off without fuel supply. Among the buildings that suffered most from die shock of the explosion were the jail and the court house, both of which had the windows torn out and bricks and stones displaced. Noted Seer of White River Dying. Joseph Mix, of Anderson, the old seer of White River, known as such all over Ohio and Indiana, is re]s>rted dying. He was declared of unsiuml mind some time ago and his money, or rather that part which could be found, was put into the hands of a guardian. He is 70 years of age and has gained his title from the fact that he had a strange insight into the future. He could, it is said, locate misi«ng, stolen or lost articles, could tell who the thieves w ere and d • many equally strange things. He practiced his art hi Indiana f >r forty years and during his last years ponlc came from the Eastern and Western Siam's to h ive him locate I >st children. In this manner he amass, ) a fortune and it is thought that he buried most of it. XX hen I s estate was turned over I to the guardians but S4JMM> could be found. It is ribTght that he is wort'll many fmi s this amount. 11 - ia i ration w is dim to a peculiar cir, um- iu« His - >n Joe married an i later sold his wife land threw in her bed e|o:hing to Joe I Badgb".. t m ghb -t, f>r 525 on easy paymen’». The bed clothes were throw"i in to till "nt Cie bargain and the money was pi I ’!.d In’delivered the wife. The sde w "Id prooah'.y have held good but for the j S io * • iU‘,ng in and 'ak ::g a hand. The I news was sent t through a press a-so- » at ,>n and the stm: l irity tn names caused I many to think thtu it wi< him. I: turned I Ids ni : nd and ho bis !>cen failing ever

All Over the State. A J C'U .ver. the tfieged forger, hold it Bern on a charge of having bogus Hp--ks i his m, has b.-eu releas ■ <l. ■ an’hor. • s ft'Ming n • ease ag.iins; him, Dann-i Baugh, "f Jeffers Hiviile, celebrated th" lu7Ui anniversary of his b : r'h W iduesd.il. He - probably the oldest man la the s v. Ho is hale and hearty ami retains his mental faeulties. Ro’. D. John Rutledge, of t lakville, a s »::e~ I. b / Wis released on bond of sl.isMt. The indictment was returned in : i t.e nt grand jury. 1' is charged that m D. •. 21 las- R.’v. Dr. Rutledge mi ed ;a mart-age Charles J ines ami Miss l.ilo Hunt, th -iigii the United Brethren ChnMi had revoked his license. 1: is alleged that It had m> authority to perf-.rm the marriige, and was guilty of felony. He ,s ope of Delaware Comity's .blest residents. >ml lias been a physie.aa .m t mt.i:- era: itakvtile for a number of years. I: is aot kn.Ati why the license was revoked. Theodore Frank was severely injured S.i'urday nigai whtie attempting to clean out adun e near lawo >d. Frank, Grimsley ami Thompson, three of the most spirited young men in the vietmty. had partly carrii ! out a plan to throw out tiio young men nt J.e dance and take possession >1 the ball. Frank was the first one in the hall, and, taking hold of the .smallest man in the room, received a violent blow a r >ss the head with a stove poker, in tiie hands of Charles Meyer. Instantly all the men present joined against the intruders. Knives, guns, stive pokers ami stones were freely dying in the room. Mr. Meyer, living close by. heard tho racket and '.ven; over to see about- it. With tile help of several others he quieted the ; fighters. I'rank, Grimsley ami Thompson were arr -ted awl put umler hands. Early Wednesday morning the antlion- i ties of Bremen were notified to meet the j west-bound limited express on tho Baltimore and Ohio road and arrest a gang of j thieves supposed to bo on board. 1 hey had boarded tho train at Garrett ami, earehing Theodore Beilstein. of ( hicago, on the platform, robbed him and threw him from the rapidly moving car. One ot the gang rem irked that he believed Beilstein held the keys to the express safe. After ho bad recovered from the shock Beilstein crawled, bruised and bleeding, to Garrett and notified tiie authorities. Oftieers were lined up on both sides of the track, and ls soon as the train slowed up the gang was located between tho ears. They made a desperate resistance and two of them got away. Four were arrested. and when about a block from the depot one of them knocked down the officer who had him in charge and made a das’n for liberty. The officers opened fire, which was returned. Two of the thieves were shot and one will die as a result. Robert Torrey, for years with Buffalo Bill’s show, while going through a livery stable at Valparaiso, was struck on the b.ead by a bale of hay and killed. The block coal miners of the Brazil district asked the operators for a joint eiinferem e. which was granted. Ihe min ers met in secret session and formulated a scale for the ensuing year which they will present at ihe joint conference. It is said that they will ask an increase in the price of mining in the same ratio as that •wanted in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The operators say they are not in a posßiou I to grant a laise.

1 CHARGES CHANGED. NORTH INDIANA CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. Simpson to Preside Over Fort Waytie District—Names and Places of the Other Methodist Elders—Complete Itinerary Is Announced. North Indiana Conference. The North Indiana conference closed its wc k’s session at Richmond Tuesday with the reading of the appointments of ministers for the ensuing year, as follows: Fort NVayne District—F. T. Simpson, presiding elder; Angola. M. F.^Kemper; Auburn, J. K. Walts; Avilla, C. E. Davis; Bluffton. I . Wade; Bobo. G. Cocking; Ceylon, IV. A. Griest; Churubusco, J. M. Haines; Coesse, N. P. Bartin; Decatur, E. T. Gregg: Fort Wayne, Berry Street, C. C. Cissel; Fort Wayne, St. Paul, M. C. Cooper; Fort Wayne. Simpson, J. W. Pasehall: Fort Wayne, Trinity, K. F. Albertson; Fort Wayne, XVaync Street,

H. XV. Bennett; Fremont. O. 1-L "Wilcox; Garrett, A. S. Wooten; Geneva, D. G. Murray; Harlan, Lewis Reeves and D. I. Hower: Hoagland, C. Tinkham; Huntington, F. G. Browne: Leo, R. C. Jones; Markle, .1. M. Stewart; .Monroeville, M. E. Murray: New Haven, Grant Teeters; Ossian, S. C. Norris; Poneto, E. J. Magor; Roanoke, C. M. Hollopeter: Spencerville, E. M. Foster; Uniondale, L. 0. Zimmerman; Wolf Lake. D. D. Smith. Goshen District —C. G. Hudson, presiding elder: Albion, T. F. Freeh: Bristol; L. E. Knox: Butler. C. E. Disbro; Butler circuit, G. IL Kemp: Corunna, F. J. Speekcine; Elkhart. J. H. Jackson; Elkhart circuit. A. J. Duryee: Goshen, First. A. S. Preston; Goshen, Fifth Avenue, B. Sawyer; Hamilton. U. A. Foster; Hudson and Ashley. E. B. Wesrhafer; Kendallville, M. .1, Magor: La Grange, i'. 11. Browne; Leesburg, W. R. Pierce; Ligonier, XV. M. Nelson; Lima. M. F. Stright; jiiddlebury, W. D. Smith; Milford, W. P. Herron: Mishawaka, B. A. Kemp; Nappanee. A. S. Wooten: New Parls.M’. E. Parsons; Orland. J. A. Smnwalt; Osceola. C. 11. Murray; Topeka, A. McKee; Valentine. A. A. Turner; Wakarusa. A. L. Weaver; Waterloo, F. L. Erlougher; Wolcottville. J. T. Fettro. Kokomo District—M. S. Marble, presiding elder; Alto. W. W. Martin: Arcadia, J. W. Welch; Atlanta, J. E. Earp; Bunker Hill. F. A. Fish; Center, J. L. Hutchens; Cicero. J. Waits; Converse. J. O. Bills; Elv. ood. T. M. Guild; Galveston, ! T. J. Jnhnson: Goldsmith. W. G. Bogue and E. Tripper; Greentown. O. S. Harrison; Jolietvilie. Martin Cause; Kokomo, Grace. W. D. Parr; Kokomo, Markland Avenue. D. 11. Guild; Ixigansport, Broadway. E. 1.. Semans; I.*>g.ansport, Market । Street. W. R. Wones; Logansport. Wh-'sHaml S ree:. M. M. Harland; New Britton. E. A. Sarah; New Wave Hy. F. S. Samm: Noblesville, F. M. Stone: Peru. E. E. Neal; Point Isabelle. J. H. M .liters; Russiaville, O. V. L. Harbour; Santa Fc. J. M. B. Reeves; Circleville. T. X. Graham; Sharpsville, J. F. Radi!Jo-: Sheridan. C. H. Wilkinson; Tip•on. D. C. W mlpert; Walton, S. H. St.kes; Windfall. David Wells; West- ’ I . . ! I ' i \ f 4 ’ I , , • . . .1-

uei I. 1.. A. MeClinloek. Xlune'c Distri-t H. N. Herrick, pre- ► ding elder; Mb.inv. W. S. Stewart; Albany ■ rculr. Eli Davis; Alexandria, H. A. D.ivis; Anderson, Indiana Avenue. J. <'. D irwin; A riders.>n. Meridian Street, G. N. Eldridge; Anderson, Noble Street, P. E. Powell; Anderson circuit. G. 11. Meyers; Blaine. Earl 11. Bryant; Dunkirk. G. It. Work: Eaton. G. W. Greene; F.'.irm iimt. H. M. Johnson; Farmland. Sylvester Biiliieliuor; Fortville. F. M. Lu v; Frank mi. I. D. CT»an; Gas Cirv, M. Pell; Gast ui. .1. 11. Slack; Hartford City. 1.. A. Becks; Inga’s, E. K Jones; J -m-sboro. W. R. Suman; Lapel, R. C. Jom <; XKCordsville. T. C. 11. Beall: Mill Grove. J. Z. Barrel:; Montpelier. 11. C. Smith; Muncie. Avon'dale and Whiteley, <W. Coons; High Street, George IL Hill; Madison S-reet, 11. N. Philips; Muncie qireuit, R. S. Reed: New Burlington, J. F. Bailey; Parker. James E. Ferris; Pendleton. E. F. Hasty; Pennville, W. E. Grose; Perkinsville. J. J. Fred; Red Key, C. W. Lynch; Selma, B. S. 11 dlopeter; Summitville, J. A. Ruley; 1 i>iand. John C. White; Yorkton, C. W. Sioemaker. Richmond District—A. E. Muhin, presiding elder; Cadiz, 11. H. Compton; Camhridge City. J. 11. Harwell; Centerville, E. F. Nafberger: Charlottesville, A. Cone; Dub'in. C. W. Smith: Fountain City, J. I’, ("lamn-ss; Greenfield. M. E. Nethercut; Hagerstown. A. G. Neal; Kennard, F. N. Sandifur; Knightstown. C. E. White; Lynn, C. A. Rowand; Middietown, W. 11. Pierce; Newcastle. II ,J. Norris: Philadelphia, S. F. Harter; Portland. L. M. Krider:" Richmond. First Church, W. IL Daniel; Richmond. Grace Church. L. J. Natberger; Riehnwn.l. Third Church. C. 11. Metts: Richmond, Fifth Street Church, C. B. Wileox; Ridgeville. -L XV. Bowen; Saratoga. M. C. Pit- ! finger; Spiceland, F. 1.. Houghtby; Tren- ' ton. -L L. Ramsey; Union City, A. XX’. j L.impart; XX'illiamsburg, 11. Lacy; Wini Chester. J. W. Caln. i Warsaw District—J. A. Lewelen. presiding elder; Akron, W. W. Brown; Ani drews. C. Harvey; Bippus. S. C. Heston; i Bourbon, J. A. Patterson; Claypool. XV. i F. Dingel; Columbia City, C. O. King; I Denver, J. M. Baker: Etna Green. S. F. i Spitz.: Inayood, D. S. Jones; La Fontaine, I J. W. Tillman; I.agro. J. D. Belt; Larwill, W. B. Freeland; Maey. I. XV. Sing••r: Marion. First Church, J. M. Driver; Marion. Grace Church. J. S. Sain; Men- • ne. M. 11. Mott; Mexico. R. 11. Smith; North Manchester, J. B. Ford; North Webster. A. M- Patterson; Pierceton. J. B. Alleman; Roann. I. R. Goodwin: Silver Lake. W. T. A. White; South "Whitely, S. A. Bridge: Van Buren. J. B. Cook; Wabash. S. Light: Wabash circuit. J. I. McCoy; Warren, IL Berdge; Marsaw, J. A. Beatty: West Marion, J. E. Erwin. England’s envoy to Argentina, Francis Pakenham, a nephew of Sir Edward Pakenham, xvho was killed at the battle of New Orleans, has just been transferred to Stockholm. He is tho senior British diplomat in active service, has spent over twenty-five years in South America, and was for a time employed at the legation at. Washington. One peculiarity of pearls is that, unlike other precious stones, they are liahle to decay. Occasionally a valuable pearl changes color and seems to be attacked with a deadly disease anti crumbles Into dust.